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Monday, 13 February 2012

Lee's lovely roses

Morning all, a really quick post as I'm still waiting for my new mouse and keyboard, at present it misses as many letters as it types, won't let me copy and paste and keeps moving things about, so doing anything is taking forever.

I got to Stamperama yesterday, but was really hard going being vertically challenged in a wheelchair, seems you are invisible and getting close to the goodies was hard work, although the lovely peeps on a few stands were so helpful thanks and a big thank you to Lavinia Stamps, Crafts and Me and Stampscapes who made sure I got what I was after.........here's a little peek at my new stash.............yep Sally, trees were a necessity and you will all realise some of this is merely essential crafting materials........yeah right !!

My card share is a really simple make, where I inked an embossing folder with TH Victorian Velvet before running through the Pro, which transferred the ink to the debossed sections to achieve a soft feel. Memory Box swirl, Seam Binding from my friend Sarah at Pretty Little Ribbons and a pin from the same source with a few more beads added. Now for the rose, you all know how I love making them and even did a tutorial ages ago, but then I found how my blog buddy Lee makes them and wow, how much easier is her version, here is her great tutorial, do go check it out.

Beautiful B! such a gorgeous rose(off to find link in a mo!)I love the gorgeous diecut swirls too! You'll never guess, I actually treated myself to a couple of Lavinia stamps after seeing how stunning you make them look! If only you'd told me sooner that I needed trees......Oh well, any excuse for a shop ;) take care,Julie.x

Glad you made it yesterday and just sorry I didn't get to meet up - I was delayed by the train (thanks, Network Rail!) and realised I had no way of knowing you if I saw you ... next time we'll plan it better! I got a "few" bits too...Your card is gorgeous.

How many trees?!!!! Really liking the look of all of your goodies (although I do have at least one of those Lavinias already). the nestie arches look fab! can't wait to see what you make, and I hope the 'dusting' is going well xxx

Hi Brenda. Oh you did get gorgeous goodies at Stamperama. Oh how I wish we had Stamperama in Northern Ireland! Your card is beautiful and I love your rose, the dew drops and all. Brenda, I just want to say a big thank you to you. You are always so supportive of my blog and always leave such lovely comments. Thank you so much. Lee xx

I'm glad you had a good time, Brenda. These shows can be a bit of a bun fight at the best of times so must be very challenging for you. I'm glad you got what you wanted and your haul of new stash looks gorgeous.I love your card, that memory box swirl has just been added to my "got to have" list, it's stunning. I'm loving them at the minute, so different from everything else.Hope you get all your computer problems sorted out.Hugs Lisax

Hi Brenda, glad you made it to Stamperama yesterday and managed to get some "essentials."

This card is just stunning. I love the soft, prettiness of it. That flower is stunning. I'm off to check out the link to Lee's flowers.

Technology can be a real pest can't it? I couldn't do my DT work last night cos I couldn't get online long enough. Every time I tried to go online my connection disappeared. I was so annoyed I switched off and did some knitting instead.

I hope the mouse & keyboard arrive very soon. It's so frustrating when you are just moments away from finishing something & find that one key stroke has undone it all. Glad you managed to get what you needed yesterday. That rose looks a beauty & I have to confess to having a soft spot for the old embossing tool too!!Love the soft colours of your card & the sheer elegant classiness.Paula (PEP)

Hope you get a grip on that old mouse soon Brenda lol. I love this gorgeous creation. The softness is just captured so beautifully in your embossing and the little rose is gorgeous. Must check that out.I am jealous of your stash, you know exactly what to do with each and everything don't you??

A gorgeous card, I love the colours and the inking looks fab, love those flourishes too, I bought the spellbinders rose die's after seeing Lee's tut, with everything that been going on I haven't had a chance to make any yet though, I think it will have to be top of my list when things get back to normalLindsay xx

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